Each year, we have participated in a speaker series designed to educate our team members on careers in engineering in STEM, inviting a series of guest speakers to tell us their stories. Included in this group are female professionals in all stages of their careers from places such as the Jet Propulsion lab, ASU's Fulton School of Engineering, the University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, and CVS.
2025-2026
2024-2025
EVENT/MENTOR
ORGANIZATION
2023-2024
Leadership Meeting to Propose New FLL/FTC Teams with CEOs Christina Spicer and Mary Mitchell and CFO Dena Cunningham
Mentorship -- Coach Melissa provided STEM Lesson plans for their speaker program
Mentorship -- Coach Steve provided portfolio feedback
Hackathon
Charles Schwab representative donated laptops and visited our lab
GUEST SPEAKER
Lab Safety Tips -- Tanner Rosenberg
ENGINEERING CAREER EXPLORATION
Women in Stem Careers Presentation -- Emilee Bovre
ENGINEERING CAREER EXPLORATION
Environmental Engineering -- Katie Currier
ENGINEERING COLLEGE EXPLORATION
Mechanical Engineering -- Hanna Hartzell
ENGINEERING COLLEGE EXPLORATION
Computer Science -- Haley Berger
ENGINEERING CAREER EXPLORATION
Electrical Engineering -- Chaitali Chakrabarti
MENTOR
CAD -- Hanna Hartzell
MENTOR
Coding Assistance-- Jared Schein
MENTOR
CAD -- Susan Snedden
2022-2023
Mentorship -- Team Organizational Assistance
Mentorship -- Mechanical Brainstorming Assistance
Mentorship -- Lab Tour
MENTOR
Build Assistance -- Liam Ryan
MENTOR
Aarohi Ghorpade
2023-2024
Girl Scouts, Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
Tie Dye Samurai, Team 14835
Tie Dye Samurai, Team 14835
Girls in Tech, Infosol, Greenlight Solutions
Charles Schwab
California State University Northridge
Jet Propulsion Lab
ASU, Fulton School of Engineering (Environmental Engineering)
University of Arizona (Mechanical Engineering)
Northern Arizona University (Computer Science)
ASU, Fulton School of Engineering (Environmental Engineering)
University of Arizona (Mechanical Engineering)
University of Washington, School of Engineering (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
CVS
2022-2023
Herberger Howlers, Team 13968
Tie Dye Samurai, Team 14835
Da Geese of Freedom, Team 18312
Arizona State University, Fulton School of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Saguaro High School Robotics